News
A Conversation with Matthew Bahar, Assistant Professor of History
February 21, 2019
Communications Staff
A historian of early America, Bahar specializes in American Indian, imperial, and maritime history during the colonial period.
![Matthew Bahar portrait Image of Matthew Bahar sittig in wooden chair.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/matt_bahar_portrait-jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=4NRWFfxD)
A Conversation with Caroline Jackson-Smith, Chair and Professor of Theater and Professor of Africana Studies
February 1, 2019
Communications Staff
Jackson Smith directs the upcoming mainstage show What We Look Like, a comedy written by B.J. Tindal ’16.
![Caroline Jackson-Smith photo Portrait of Caroline Jackson Smith](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/carolinejackson-smith_new-manna.jpg?itok=WjkzFT0R)
Katherine Jolly Joins Oberlin Conservatory Voice Faculty
January 31, 2019
Erich Burnett
Distinguished singer emphasizes overall wellness, relishes classroom teaching in addition to private lessons.
![voice professor Katherine Jolly](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/katherine_jolly_courtesy_jacobs_school_of_music_story.jpg?itok=gjhu890Z)
Professor Erik Inglis Garners NEH Support for Medieval Art History Research
January 31, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Erik Inglis joins the multitude of art faculty to receive prestigious awards for their work.
![Erik Inglis photo Portrait of Professor Erik Inglis](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/erik_inglis_portrait-jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=A7VFJqWp)
Matthew Wright Directs Premiere of "Everything Is Okay (And Other Helpful Lies)"
December 18, 2018
Jane Hobson ’22
Professor of Theater Matthew Wright directed Everything Is Okay (And Other Helpful Lies), which premiered this fall at the Cleveland Public Theater.
!["Everything Is Okay (And Other Helpful Lies)" cast Cast members of "Everything Is Okay (And Other Helpful Lies) posing on stage](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/everything_is_okay_photo_header.jpg?itok=oL-Ztzrc)
Art En Route to Proxima B
December 6, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Associate Professor of Integrated Media Julia Christensen earned the 2017-2018 LACMA Art + Tech Lab Fellowship. She is expanding on her ongoing art and research project, Upgrade Available, along with NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
![Associate Professor of Integrated Media Julia Christensen Julia Christensen](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/upgradeavailablephotoheaderwilliambradford.jpg?itok=D2LEZudm)
Reading in Translation Blog Shines Light on Literary Translations
December 5, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
Oberlin’s Comparative Literature Program was recently awarded management of a nationally acclaimed resource for reviews of translated literature. Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Stiliana Milkova serves as the blog’s managing editor.
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Bryan Parkhurst Honored by Society for Music Theory
November 9, 2018
Erich Burnett
Article probing the work of theorist Heinrich Schenker and philosopher Immanuel Kant explores previously uncharted territory.
![Bryan Parkhurst](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bryanparkhurst_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=8fsyGI-L)
Q&A with Ann Cooper Albright
November 9, 2018
Phoebe Pan ’20
Professor of Dance Ann Cooper Albright has a new book forthcoming from Oxford University Press, titled How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World.
![Ann Cooper Albright with Students Ann Cooper Albright dancing with students](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ann_cooper_albright_photo_header.jpg?itok=spCbo_1R)
An Introduction to Islamic Art History: But First, Coffee
October 22, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History Farshid Emami explores Islamic art history on a global scale.
![Photo of Professor Farshid Emami Farshid Emami](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/farshid_emami_headshot.jpg?itok=6oLeZoG8)